Trial reportJournal of pediatric orthopedics2017
Body Image and Quality of Life and Brace Wear Adherence in Females With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Trial report in Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00448448 (Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST)
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative long-term quality of life outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a meta-analysis of surgical, conservative, and observation-based strategies.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Pooled it
- Short-term effectiveness of soft bracing in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Therapeutic exercises for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Which interventions may improve bracing compliance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Immediate in-brace correction and 1-year radiographic stability after a hybrid textile brace for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Impact of preoperative mental health disorders on postoperative outcomes in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing surgery.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Beyond the curve: the mental health burden of Scheuermann's kyphosis.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Brace Treatment Is Associated with Lower Curve Progression in Moderate Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, While Psychosocial Outcomes Are Driven by Depressive Symptoms and Curve Progression.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Brace Compliance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Brace Dose in Scoliosis: Measurement, Monitoring, and Clinical Decision-Making-A Narrative Review.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2026Review
- Parent-adolescent discrepancies in reports of health-related quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- "The silent strain: Exploring self-image and mental health in braced adolescents with scoliosis": a scoping review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- Observational
- Effects of different physical therapy training protocols on patients with idiopathic scoliosis: Short-term results.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Investigating the Differential Circulating microRNA Expression in Adolescent Females with Severe Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Proof-of-Concept Observational Clinical Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Observational
- A Novel Force-Sensing Smart Textile: Inserting Silicone-Embedded FBG Sensors into a Knitted Undergarment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Mental Health Disorders: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- mHealth for the Monitoring of Brace Compliance and Wellbeing in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis: Study Protocol for a Feasibility Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Novel questionnaire to enhance brace wear adherence in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the relationship of the quality of life.Orthopedic reviews · 2021Article
- Quality of life of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients under brace treatment: a brief communication of literature review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundClinical evidence regarding the ability of braces to decrease the risk of curve progression to surgical threshold in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) continues to strengthen. Unfortunately, there is still a great deal of uncertainty regarding the impact of brace wear on psychosocial well-being or the impact of psychological well-being on brace wear adherence. The purpose of this study is to evaluate psychosocial well-being, in particular body image and quality of life (QOL), and brace wear adherence in female AIS patients undergoing brace treatment.
methodsThe Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST) was a multicenter, controlled trial using randomized and preference assignments into an observation or brace treatment group. BrAIST patients were skeletally immature adolescents diagnosed with AIS having moderate curve sizes (20 to 40 degrees). Patients in the bracing group were instructed to wear a thoracolumbosacral orthosis, at least 18 h/d. Scores on the Spinal Appearance Questionnaire and the PedsQL4.0 Generic Scales from 167 female BrAIST patients who were randomized to brace treatment (n=58) and patients who chose brace treatment (n=109) were analyzed.
resultsAt baseline and at 12 months, no differences were found between the least-adherent brace wear group (<6 h/d) and most-adherent brace wear group (≥12 h/d) patients in terms of major curve, body image, and QOL. In the most-adherent group, poorer body image scores were significantly correlated with poorer QOL scores at baseline, at 6 months, and at 12 months but not at 18 months. In general, body image scores and QOL scores were not significantly correlated in the least-adherent group. When comparing patients that had a ≥6 degree increase of their major curve between baseline and 12 months to patients that did not, there were no significant differences in body image or QOL scores.
conclusionsFor females adolescents with AIS, body image and QOL do not have a significant impact on brace wear adherence and are subsequently not significantly impacted by brace wear. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II-therapeutic (prospective comparative study).
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